VALLEY BUT IT IS NOT BLOCKING ANY LANES. COMING UP, MANY KIDS ARE HEADING BACK TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK. MANY WILL BE TALKING ABOUT ROBIN WILLIAMS DEATH WITH THEIR FRIENDS. YOUR KIDS MIGHT ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS. WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO ANSWER AND APPROACH THIS TOPIC? WE ARE JOINED BY DR. STEPHANIE PARMELY. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT KIDS MAY HAVE HEARD OF THIS. THEY ARE LOOKING AT A THING CALLED SUICIDE. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS MAY NOT DEAL WITH THIS AND THEY MIGHT ASK WITH SUICIDE IS. I WOULD NOT KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN . IT'S IMPORTANT TO BE UPFRONT AND MAKE SURE YOU DESCRIBE IT AND AWAY THAT'S TO THEIR DEVELOPMENTAL LEVEL. YOUNG A MILITARY SCHOOL KIDS -- YOUNG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KIDS AND YOU CAN SAY THIS PERSON WAS SO THIS PUNT AT THEY TOOK THEIR OWN LIFE AND THEN YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN IT. IT'S NOT WHAT YOU SAY TO YOUR CHILD AS HOW YOU SAY IT AND MONITOR THEIR REACTION AND HELP THEM TO UNDERSTAND AND INTEGRATE THE EMOTIONS. THE EMOTIONAL PART OF THIS WHOLE DILEMMA, THIS WHOLE SITUATION WITH ROBIN WILLIAMS IS REALLY IMPORTANT FOR KIDS TO UNDERSTAND. WHEN PEOPLE ARE FEELING SAD OR REALLY DEPRESSED, THEY NEED TO BE ABLE TO TALK ABOUT IT. THAT IS THE FOUNDATION FOR HELPING KIDS AS THEY GET OLDER IF THEY HAVE MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS TO TALK ABOUT IT. IS THIS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY WHEN SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAPPENS TO BROACH A SUBJECT THAT YOU MAY NORMALLY NOT BE COMFORTABLE TALKING ABOUT TO YOUR PRETEEN ARE TEENAGER? ABSOLUTELY, I THINK THESE ARE ALL TEACHABLE MOMENTS. ANYTIME YOU SEE SOMETHING ON TV, IT'S IMPORTANT TO USE OPPORTUNITIES TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT SITUATIONS WHETHER PRE-DRUGS OR ALCOHOL. THOSE WERE IN PLAY WITH WHAT HAPPENED WITH ROBIN WILLIAMS. SUBSTANCE ABUSE IS A HUGE RISK FOR SUICIDE, THE SECOND WEIGHTING FACTOR. TALKING TO YOUR KIDS -- THE SECOND LEADING FACTOR. TALKING TO YOUR KIDS AND HAVING SOMEONE TO TALK TO AND TALKING TO THEM ABOUT DEPRESSION IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO DEAL WITH. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND GIVING US A LITTLE PERSPECTIVE.

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